Describe your school's strengths and needs based on a school improvement document, such as the school's SALT visit report, its SALT survey data, or its school improvement plan.
One thing I have noticed about my school is the great teaming environment. In viewing the salt data and reports for team practices I've noticed that they regularly meet quarterly, if not monthly or weekly to coordinate curriculum, student assignments, or develop performance standards. This is definitely a strength that I have noticed in the school and especially on my team. We meet daily, except for tuesdays to discuss student work, curriculum, and other issues that might be pressing at the time. Each day has its own agenda and topic and very little time is wasted at these team meetings. There is definitely a sense of camaraderie on the team and that is also picked up on by the students. I feel that this is a very good asset to the school.
The Salt data also suggests that the school is frequently incorporating integrated curriculum units accross the varying subject areas. On the team that I am working with, I can definitely get a sense of this. Every Wednesday we discuss the curriculum that we plan on teaching for the next week. This gives the teachers a chance to try to incorporate bits and pieces of their lesson in other subject matters. For instance, the geography teacher is teaching reading in the content area as the students are learning about Australian culture and geography. Giving us the set of terms that he uses such as Main idea, supporting detail, main supporting details, we can bridge what the students are learning in his class to our own.
Describe your school's strengths and needs based on a school improvement document, such as the school's SALT visit report, its SALT survey data, or its school improvement plan.
One thing I have noticed about my school is the great teaming environment. In viewing the salt data and reports for team practices I've noticed that they regularly meet quarterly, if not monthly or weekly to coordinate curriculum, student assignments, or develop performance standards. This is definitely a strength that I have noticed in the school and especially on my team. We meet daily, except for tuesdays to discuss student work, curriculum, and other issues that might be pressing at the time. Each day has its own agenda and topic and very little time is wasted at these team meetings. There is definitely a sense of camaraderie on the team and that is also picked up on by the students. I feel that this is a very good asset to the school.
The Salt data also suggests that the school is frequently incorporating integrated curriculum units accross the varying subject areas. On the team that I am working with, I can definitely get a sense of this. Every Wednesday we discuss the curriculum that we plan on teaching for the next week. This gives the teachers a chance to try to incorporate bits and pieces of their lesson in other subject matters. For instance, the geography teacher is teaching reading in the content area as the students are learning about Australian culture and geography. Giving us the set of terms that he uses such as Main idea, supporting detail, main supporting details, we can bridge what the students are learning in his class to our own.